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   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 11/28/2025 4:20 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:52:19 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> I found another program that claims to be a cloning tool. It is like   
   >> ddrescue, except it uses a separate driver for the "bad" disk, that   
   >> driver is capable of keeping the bad driver operating, it truncates   
   >> error recovery on the drive and so on.   
   >   
   > You probably don’t want to use it. The point of ddrescue is to   
   > absolutely minimize further wear and tear on the dying drive, not to   
   > keep running it.   
   >   
      
   Here is a comparison of what the two programs managed to   
   do, within the same time period. The one on the right   
   can still have a secondary ddrescue run done on it, if   
   I wanted to try.   
      
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        https://i.postimg.cc/Zqmzhbhq/clone-recovery-comparison.gif   
      
      Paul   
      
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